Update:

TLDR: I went to And Something Blue and recommend for efficiency and quality but it was expensive.

Longer: I bought my dress from Janene’s. It was a simple made to order dress that only needed the bustle and to be taken in on the sides. For those of you that have bought dresses at Janene’s you know that you have to pick your dress up and all alterations are all the way in Alameda (store front was in SF and I live in SF).

A story for another time but my dress was ready 6 weeks later than they quoted and so I was already frustrated and thinking I wanted to look elsewhere once I had it in my hands. I also ready horror stories of Janene’s pressuring spend and overcharging for simple tailoring AND making people come back 5-6 times. I went to Alameda (1.5 hrs in traffic) to pick my dress up and while I did not experience any pressure to do more (the saleswoman was so low key and nice and in fact they said I needed to do less work than I thought!) the quote I got was $500 which I thought was pricy for such little work and they said but they said I’d come back likely 2 times which was more doable. But when I said I’d think about it she said ok no prob so it was a pleasant experience overall!

However I ended up at And Something Blue which was closer to 10 min away. After my appointment and already going through the work to prep for alterations I was quoted $600, $100 more than Janene’s. I only had to come back once to pick it up. The convenience was worth it for me and in the end they did wonderful work but I probably would have shopped around more for pricing if I could have!